British man completes Amazon River trek in two years
Ed Stafford finished a 859 day journey walking the entire Amazon River from the Atlantic to the Andes. He hoped the expedition would raise awareness of rainforest destruction and noted vast cleared areas while underscoring endurance as his motive. A second report surveys a Yellowstone escape and a Hamburg mosque shut down amid anti radical actions.
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Warsaw strip club owner protests at church in four-year dispute
Tommy George who runs the Foxhole in Newcastle leads dancers outside New Beginnings Ministries in Warsaw. He says the church and its pastor Bill Dunfee have harassed weekend patrons for years using bullhorns signs and cameras to post license plate numbers online.
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Pakistan flood toll and reach surpass historic disasters
The United Nations says Pakistan floods affect 13.8 million people, more than the 2004 tsunami, 2005 Kashmir quake, and 2010 Haiti quake combined. The crisis is described as Pakistan’s worst, with aid delays and 600,000 marooned in Swat Valley amid inaccessible terrain and bad weather.
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Moscow Smog Causes Record Deaths and Fires
Moscow faces a deadly smog crisis as heat waves drive daily deaths toward 700. Officials report morgues near capacity with 1,300 bodies and carbon monoxide levels many times above safe limits amid about 550 fires nationwide, including around Moscow.
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Belly bulge linked to higher death risk in seniors
A large study in Archives of Internal Medicine finds older adults with big waistlines face about double the risk of death over ten years, even those with normal BMI. Men with waists 47 inches or more and women with waists 43 inches or more show the strongest risk, due to visceral fat surrounding internal organs.
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Gulf relief well nears final 100 feet to seal well
New Orleans AP reports the relief well for BP's Gulf of Mexico blowout is down to within 100 feet of the target as John Wright guides a 2 mile deep drill toward a hole less than half the size of a dartboard. If he misses, concrete and a fresh attempt follow.
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